@AEManoliPhD @lsj_official @tandfsport @UniBergamo @TeessideUni @NorthumbriaUni @Keyser_Soze_13 “While Veblen’s insight was astute for its time, his theory is less frequently invoked in contemporary discussions of the sociology of football consumption.” R
If only someone had written on the class relations present in the ‘conspicuous consumption’ seen in elite professional football since 2010. Oh wait… https://t.co/b80MTTjvW3 https://t.co/vPqpSunF31
Big money, next door to big poverty. Check out @DrDaveWebber research on this https://t.co/vjQnikKP0K
@markdoidge Intra-city inequality is also a huge problem. PL clubs have got richer at precisely the same time their own communities have become poorer. While these clubs have consumed more, their own neighbourhoods have been amongst the worst affected by a